Lars Magnus Wohlin (24 June 1933 – 24 September 2018)Tidigare riksbankchefen Lars Wohlin död
was a Swedish

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and

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(MEP). He was elected into the

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as a member of the

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, but later joined

Kristdemokraterna The Christian Democrats ( , KD) is a Christian democratic political party in Sweden founded in March 1964. It first entered parliament in 1985, through electoral cooperation with the Centre Party; in 1991, the party won seats on its own. The ...

. He sat on the European Parliament's

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) is a committee of the European Parliament which is responsible for the regulation of financial services, the free movement of capital and payments, taxation and competition policies, oversight ...

. He was also a substitute for the European Parliament Committee on Budgets, Committee on Budgets, a member of the temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013, and a member of the delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Career

* Degree in economics (1960) * Ph.D. economics (Stockholm, 1970) * Assistant professor, University of Uppsala * Head of the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (1973-1976) * Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Finance (1976-1979) * Head of Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweden) (1979-1982) * Head of Stadshypotek (mortgage bank) 1982–1996) * Member of the Board of Bank for International Settlements * Governor representing Sweden on the Board of the IMF

References

External links

Official websiteEuropean Parliament biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wohlin, Lars 1933 births 2018 deaths June List MEPs Christian Democrats (Sweden) MEPs MEPs for Sweden 2004–2009 Stockholm School of Economics alumni Academic staff of Uppsala University Governors of Sveriges Riksbank Swedish bankers